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Pink Ouija Board Riles Some Christians
The children’s sleepover staple — sold by Hasbro since 1967 — now comes in hot pink, an edition released two years ago that gets tweens to call on “spirits” to spell out answers to life’s pressing questions.
It’s designed for young girls ages 8 and older, but some say the mysterious product is a “dangerous spiritual game” that opens up anyone, particularly Christians, to attacks on their soul.
Read the story here.
Game Encourages Children to Make Their Characters Wear Sexy Lingerie and Buy Trophy Orphans
A new web craze where young girls make their virtual characters adopt children as fashion accessories has outraged parents’ groups.
The controversial My Minx game also sees girls as young as seven giving their characters contraceptives and morning-after pills.
Players clothe their virtual minxes in sexy lingerie and other revealing outfits and buy ‘trophy orphans’ – named after children already adopted by celebrities.
Read the story here.
Of Dungeons, Dragons, and Gay Sex
Dragon Age: Origins allows players to develop combat and magic skills, interact with other characters and have romantic encounters. If you play as a male character, it is even possible to have a liaison with a male elf named Zevran.
This last detail has gotten the game (which is rated M for Mature, meaning that it is intended for players 17 and older) noticed by the news media, and has prompted a range of responses about the depiction of gay sex in mass entertainment.
See the story here and discuss it in the forum.
Man ‘Finishes’ World of Warcraft
A Taiwanese man has become the first person to ‘finish’ the massive World of Warcraft massively multiplayer online game.
The gamer’s character ‘Little Grey’ makes him the first to complete all 986 in-game achievements – but it hasn’t come without controversy.
See the story here and discuss it in the forum.
Time for Reality Check on COD: MW2
In common with virtually all of those railing against Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in the news at the moment, I haven’t played the apparently offending section of the game that’s causing such controversy. I haven’t even seen the leaked, out of context YouTube footage that’s doing the rounds, because I believe if you take anything of that ilk out of said context, then your thinking and reaction to it becomes instantly skewed. But unlike many of those critics, I’m actually going to level with you and admit this up front, rather than react to said clip, or to what a tabloid newspaper tells me to think about it, or what some rentaquote MP has to say.
So then. Isn’t it about time some people got a grip?